Wes Craven has attended Wheaton College in Illinois where he majored in English and psychology
and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland where he majored in writing and philosophy.
and obtained a degree in English, psychology and philosophy. Prior to the working within the
Film Industry, Wes Craven was a professor of Humanities. He has been married twice and has
one son (Jonathan) born in 1965 and one daughter (Jessica) born in 1968. Wes won the 1984
French Science Fiction and Horror Film Festival Critics Choice Award for his work on "A
Nightmare on Elm Street."